Grantees

Testing Limitations to Methanotrophy on Tree Stems

Research characterizing the contribution of methanotrophs on tree surfaces to the global methane budget and investigating potential approaches to enhance that sink

Vincent Gauci, James McDonald, and Yin Chen

Marker Species and Aerosol Formation from Chlorine-initiated Oxidation in the Remote Atmosphere

Assessment of potential chlorinated-VOC marker species for studying atmospheric oxidation processes

Jesse Kroll

Methane Loss Rate Sensitivity to Emissions, Climate Change and Variability, and Key Uncertainties

Research assessing the impacts of climate change and changes to anthropogenic emissions on the hydroxyl radical sink

Arlene Fiore

Atmospheric Methane Removal Using Genetically Engineered Plants

Research enabling plants to remove methane from the atmosphere via genetic engineering

Eli Hornstein

CHLOROXEA: Chlorine Oxidation Experiment, Atlantic

Research to advance understanding of the naturally-occurring iron salt aerosol mechanism in the North Atlantic through an aircraft field measurement campaign

John Mak

The Role of Rock Dust Copper in Atmospheric Methane Removal by Soils

Research to characterize the ability of soil amendments to increase methane removal and lower nitrous oxide emissions, and the effect of these amendments on microbial community activity and composition

Jeremy Semrau and Whendee Silver

The Legal Framework for Methane Removal

Research on legal frameworks to facilitate needed methane removal research and any subsequent deployment (if deemed appropriate), while ensuring that it occurs in a safe, responsible, and just manner

Romany Webb

Implementation of a Spatially Revolved Methane Emission Scheme in an Earth System Model (CESM2) with a Possible Application Towards Atmospheric Methane Removal (AMR)

Research on advancing our understanding of spatially resolved methane emissions, removals, and impacts

Yangyang Xu

Iron Salt Atmospheric Methane Oxidation (ISAMO)

Research on advancing our understanding of existing atmospheric oxidation processes hypothesized to be naturally removing more atmospheric methane than previously studied

Matthew Johnson, Thomas Röckmann, Alfonso Saiz-Lopez, Natalie Mahowald, Peter Hess, Maarten van Herpen, Berend van de Kraats

Research on metric design to support management of both near-term and long-term warming in parallel

Gabrielle Dreyfus